After 12 years since reading Kara no Shoujo 1 (The Shell 1) from Mangagamer, I was finally able to finish reading this trilogy. I was a bit worried about how the well the game would conclude after feeling a bit indifferent about how KnS 2 was, but this VN concludes the series in an acceptable manner while making me enjoy the cast from KnS 2 more than I did prior.

As you go through the VN: the new style of artwork, the remixes of old BGMs by MANYO from KnS 1 & 2, and the voice acting all come together very well in presenting the conclusion of this series. There's a pretty even balance of the murder mystery vibe from KnS 1 (though not as dreadful feeling) and the somewhat leisure storytelling from KnS 2 nicely packed into the story. Although the actual mysteries weren't very difficult to solve: I think I would attribute that more towards both being used to the VNs after 1&2 and Shiravune making presenting evidence and investigations less tedious. KnS has done an amazing job of providing side stories for some characters in the series during additional playthroughs and KnS 3 is no different: each new scenario that wasn't around during the first playthrough leaves you hoping for more. My favorite feeling from reading KnS 1 is how easy it is to get swept into thinking that you've gotten the true ending, as the writing occasionally tends to lead you into a false sense of security that you're on the right track: only to either throw a bad ending in your face or outright make you think you finished the game only to realize it wasn't the true end. KnS 3 doesn't really seem to do that, rather each of the actual endings of the game seem to act more like varying breadcrumbs of events that likely happen after the story's conclusion.

Overall, in spite of the story being significantly more tame than previous parts: Kara no Shoujo 3 is an enjoyable conclusion to the series and still leaves me desiring more suspenseful psychological drama from Innocent Grey.

Heavy SpoilersRokushiki's end despite how "reasonable" it was, went off WAY too easily for how important he is as a character. Despite all the things Fumiya has done to become maybe the most hateable character in the entire series, he seems to outright disappear at the end.